Elena Massard was lucky enough to walk around with a rainbow over her head all day.

The 5-year-old told her mom, Denise Massard, she decided she wanted to be a rainbow for Halloween this year. Like most moms, she scratched her head and thought, "How do I make this happen?"

It took Massard roughy two days to compete her daughter's rainbow-inspired costume.

Massard used pool noodles, a colorful tutu, and some fabric and stuffing to pull it off.

"It was a challenge to find the pool noodles in stores at first because they are out of season, so I reached out (online), and a few moms on a Facebook forum group I belong to donated different colored noodles to us," Massard said. "It was more challenging than we thought since all the pool noodles were different thickness and some didn't bend as easily."

Her dad thought of stringing each noodle to make an arch like a rainbow, then she glued the noodles together to stay in formation.

"We hot-glue gunned the rainbow to a backpack, so it was easy for her to put it on and take it off," Massard said. "I spent a whopping 50 cents on yellow foam for the headband, which was the sun, so her costume was practically free to make."

Massard's mom is a professional quilter, so she made the clouds out of some extra fabric and stuffing.

"It turned out much better than I think any of us expected," Massard said. "The rainbow was 100 percent (Elana's) idea. She loves bright colors and it fits her personality."

Kids aren't the only ones who can dress up for Halloween nowadays. Massard decided to also create a costume for herself as well.

"I decided to be a gumball machine, which only took me a few hours to complete," Massard said. "I found the idea on Pinterest but made it myself without a tutorial. The pom pom balls and foam were bought at a craft store, and the skirt and T-shirt were bought on clearance for $3 a piece. We love to bargain shop."

Both Massard and Elena wore their costumes to a church costume party and plan to wear them again for Halloween on Saturday.

While this was Massard's first time making costumes, it may not be the last.

"The best part about making them was being able to spend family time together creating one of a kind outfits that we are excited to put on," Massard said. "It was a blast and they turned out great."

We want to see your costumes

Livingston Daily staff want to see your creative costume ideas to put in the paper and online, so send them our way to awelsh@gannett.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/livingstondailypress and post a photo of it on our page. Include a photo, the names of who is in the photo and what they are for Halloween.